Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYusuke Horishita
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus provided with a sensor including a plurality of elements that detect temperature in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus includes an acquisition unit that obtains temperature data indicating the temperature detected by each of the plurality of elements, a calculation unit that calculates a feature point of a heat source region in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus based on obtained plurality of pieces of temperature data, and a recover unit that causes the image forming apparatus to recover from a power saving state based on a position of the calculated feature point.
Claims22
An image forming apparatus including a sensor including a plurality of elements configured to detect temperature in a vicinity of the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to obtain temperature data indicating the temperature detected by each of the plurality of elements;
- a calculation unit configured to calculate a feature point of a heat source region in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus based on a plurality of pieces of temperature data obtained by the acquisition unit;
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- a recover unit configured to cause the image forming apparatus to recover from a power saving state based on a position of the calculated feature point.
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus including a sensor including a plurality of elements configured to detect temperature in a vicinity of the image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- obtaining temperature data indicating the temperature detected by each of the plurality of elements;
- calculating a feature point of a heat source region in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus based on an obtained plurality of pieces of temperature data;
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- causing the image forming apparatus to recover from a power saving state based on a position of the calculated feature point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.